diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Thread.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/Thread.cpp
index 557cbfbef2..a03b9c2e57 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Thread.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <mach/mach.h>
-#elif defined BSD4_4 || defined __FreeBSD__
+#elif defined BSD4_4 || defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__
 #include <pthread_np.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void SetCurrentThreadName(const char* szThreadName)
 {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   pthread_setname_np(szThreadName);
-#elif defined __FreeBSD__
+#elif defined __FreeBSD__ || defined __OpenBSD__
   pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), szThreadName);
 #else
   // linux doesn't allow to set more than 16 bytes, including \0.